Kuensel Online
11 December, 2007
A herd of 24 elephants, the biggest herd seen so far in Samtse, ravaged several acres of paddy, millet and potato fields in Chargarey on December 3.
The elephants also trampled on and destroyed several doma (betel nut) trees on their rampage.
Villagers told Kuensel that it took more than seven hours for about 150 people, including soldiers, 17 foresters and the villagers, to chase the elephants from the fields. Villagers suspect that the elephants entered Bhutan via Thaljora in India and moved up the banks of Gathia khola (river) during the night.
When the beasts returned in the morning, they stampeded through the paddy fields.
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